• January 29, 2024 | Legaltech News

    The 2024 Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards Winners Are Here!

    Law.com and Legaltech News are proud to announce this year's winners for the Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards, celebrating the achievements of law firms, in-house legal departments, providers and ALSPs leading the legal profession into the future through technology and innovation.

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  • People v. Renee

    Publication Date: 2024-01-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Criminal Court, Bronx
    Judge: Judge Yadhira González-Taylor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the People by: Margaret Caruso, not admitted, supervised by La Shuana R. Cole, Esq., Assistant District Attorney, Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx County.
    for defendant: For the Defendant: Giovanni Escobedo, Esq.

    Case Number: CR-001749-23BX

    Failure to Produce Officer's Personnel File Defeats Prosecution's Case

  • State ex rel. Jennings v. BP Am. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Jameson A.L. Tweedie, Ralph K. Durstein, Sawyer M. Traver, Deputy Attorneys General, Wilmington, DE; Victor M. Sher, Matthew K. Edling, Stephanie D. Biehl, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Wilks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Thomas G. Hungar, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Joshua D. Dick, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE; Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, Lisa S. Meyer, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL; Robert E. Dunn, Eimer Stahl LLP, San Jose, CA; Colleen D. Shields, Patrick M. Brannigan, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tristan L. Duncan, Daniel B. Rogers, William F. Northrip, Shook, Hady & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO; Kevin J. Mangan, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeremiah J. Anderson, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Kathryn M. Barber, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Coleen W. Hill, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Healy, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, San Francisco, CA; Michael L. Fox, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA; Daniel J. Brown, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA: Jameson R. Jones, Daniel R. Brody, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO; Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert P. Reznick, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, James Stengel, Marc R. Shapiro, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Catherine Y. Lui, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert W. Whetzel, Blake Rohrbacher, Alexandra M. Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Anna Rotman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, TX: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; David C. Frederick, James M. Webster, III, Daniel S. Severson, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC, Washington, DC; Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Nancy G. Milburn, Diana E. Reiter, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan W. Hughes, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA; John D. Lombardo, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jeffrey L. Moyer, Christine D. Haynes, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kevin Orsini, Vanessa A. Lavely, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Antoinette D. Hubbard, Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE; Shannon S. Broome, Ann Marie Mortimer, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, San Francisco, CA; Shawn Patrick Regan, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, NY; Christian J. Singewald, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joy C. Fuhr, Brian D. Schmalzbach, W. Cole Geddy, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy A. Roman, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC; Honor R. Costello, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY; Beth Moskow Schnoll, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmingt

    Case Number: N20C-09-097 MMJ CCLD

    State common law claims arising from fossil fuel companies' operations which harmed the environment were largely preempted by the Clean Air Act, which regulated the use of fossil fuels and emissions standards.

  • January 17, 2024 | Law.com

    Firms Test New Waters as the Thai Competitive Landscape Shifts

    More and more Thai companies have been acquiring overseas assets, prompting domestic and regional law firms in Thailand to expand their global capabilities.

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  • Appellate Term, Second Department: January 8, 2023

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Term, Second Department, Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Decision & Orders on Motions decided on:December 21, 2023

  • Gazzola v. Hochul

    Publication Date: 2023-12-21
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Paloma A. Capanna, Law Office of Paloma A. Capanna, Beaufort, NC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Barbara D. Underwood, Jeffrey W. Lang, on the brief, Beezly J. Kiernan, Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-3068-CV

    State Regulations on Gun, Ammunition Sales Did Not Threaten Second Amendment Rights

  • December 19, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

    Third-Party Drug-Testers—Not Just Employers—Owe No Duty to Employees

    The Texas Supreme Court has issued an opinion holding that "third-party testing entities hired by an employer do not owe a common-law negligence duty…

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  • Hartman Income REIT v. Summer Energy

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Commercial Law | Contracts | Public Utilities
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Christopher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-22-00469-CV

    Appellant owned and operated over 50 buildings and obtained electricity for them from appellee.

  • December 4, 2023 | The American Lawyer

    Deal Watch: Wachtell, Ropes Lead $10B Biotech Deal, and M&A Landscape Could Use Fewer 'Shock Waves'

    Deals continue to come in, though not at a pace most would prefer. Debevoise's Michael Diz said the last couple of years have been one shock after another.

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  • Appellate Term, Second Department: November 29, 2023

    Publication Date: 2023-11-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Term, Second Department, Ninth and Tenth JudicIal Districts
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Decision & Orders on Motions decided on:September 14 - October 26, 2023